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NV-Gov, NV-Sen: Goodman Won't Run

by: James L.

Mon Jan 25, 2010 at 8:45 PM EST


It's over:

Ending months of speculation, Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman announced today that he will not run for governor and will instead focus on promoting the city and improving its economy.

"It has been a great ride and I have 15 more months on this ride," he said of the time left in his third and final term as mayor. "I'm going to keep myself busy for the next 15 months."

Goodman was also asked if he'd consider running for Senate, and the answer there is no, too. So it looks like we're stuck with these dorks in November.
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NV-Gov, NV-Sen: Goodman Won't Run | 30 comments
I'm
starting to get extremely pissed at the lack of balls in the Democratic Party. I swear if I ever run for office I'm going to teach Democrats to grow a pair.  

17, Gay Male, Democrat, NJ-8  
The next Rauhm Emanuel folks


Proud member of the Indiana Democratic Party from IN-9.  
[ Parent ]
gotta
love rambo  

17, Gay Male, Democrat, NJ-8  
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I just wish he could do something
about these retirements. These are good Congressman who could hold off until 2012 if they really want to retire.  

Proud member of the Indiana Democratic Party from IN-9.  
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it
really doesn't have anything to do with retiring IMO but instead the fact that they rather retire than lose or god forbid actually have to campaign full-time to win (cof Beau cof)  

17, Gay Male, Democrat, NJ-8  
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It makes me mad
because I think that most of the retirements are from people who would have held on. You are right about the campaigning thing, it really stupid because I just want to tell them to get off there ass and spend a little time doing what they are supposed to do and campaign. We need to stop searching for candidates at retirement homes and find some who are willing to work.  

Proud member of the Indiana Democratic Party from IN-9.  
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Im
just hoping Plouffe or however you spell his name can repeat what he did in 2008. Dems need to be motivated and right now they aren't. Obama should stick with the economy 4 now and work his ass off till jobs are being created again and wall street is put into their place. Also like my AP Gov teacher said today Glass-Stegall NEEDS and HAS to be reinstated into law  

17, Gay Male, Democrat, NJ-8  
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No offense to Gay Teen for Obama
Wouldn't it be easier just to get the current Rahm Emanuel off his butt and get back into campaign strategy?
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We always were
The Mommy party.
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Oh well
Goodman is 70 years old after all.
He's 70?!
Had no idea,

Nonetheless, this still sucks.

[ Parent ]
Castle is 70 as well


Proud member of the Indiana Democratic Party from IN-9.  
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If I understand correctly, Goodman lived hard
not only as a mob lawyer, but as a heavy drinker. Though he looked awfully happy when we saw him a couple of years ago lighting the Vegas Xmas tree - with a showgirl on each arm!
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I would love to see him as a Senator


Proud member of the Indiana Democratic Party from IN-9.  
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So is Harry Reid
And his tired old ass is running. Unfortunately.
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Hey James
What happened to the Lincoln thread?  

Proud member of the Indiana Democratic Party from IN-9.  
This is really bad
He was too old to totally shift to the Senate, but Governor was his for the taking.

I wouldn't get on him though for lack of balls.  Anybody over 70 really has better things to do than start a barnd new job in politics.

Still, we don't have to accept the Reids.  There must be a city councilperson from a town of 500 people somewhere....

Yeah, with no money
Reid is bullheadedly pissing this one away.

"I'm not a member of any organized political party, I'm a Democrat!"
--  Will Rogers  
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I know
It is SOOOOO stupid that he is screwing us like this. Now Dodd he is a class act, takeing one for the team like that.  

Proud member of the Indiana Democratic Party from IN-9.  
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I'm convinced a candidate would not need money to beat either Reid
in the primary, and if they did of course they would get donations to run in the general, in part because they would become the flovor of the day (like Scott Brown now).
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Is it true?
I have read in several places that because Goodman changed his party registration to I, he can't run as a D this year for any office.

Libertarian secular Republican, MO-7
I wonder if there are any "outside the box" options in Nevada
e.g. Steve Wynn (guy behind several of the big Vegas hotels)
Phil Ivey (Texas hold'em stud)
David Duffield (PeopleSoft CEO)
Man
he looks eccentric in that photo. Too bad, Rory Reid is going to go down in a 20 point loss to Brian Sandoval. But Rory Reid is a good fundraiser, out raising Sandoval 3 to 1, not that would matter since Terry McAuliffe outspent everyone but still lost in a landslide to Creigh Deeds. All Sandoval has to do is put a picture of father next to son and its all over.

19, Male, Independent, CA-12
wow, massachusetts has really given these dems the spooks.
The sad part about NV-Gov is that even in the off chance that Sandoval loses the primary, drops out of the race, or gets hit by a meteor, Rory Reid would still be in a tossup race against one of the most if not the most unpopular governor in the country.

21, dude, RI-01 (registered) IL-01 (college)
please help Japan. click "donate funds" in upper right and then "Japan Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami." http://www.redcross.org/
idea
Maybe you could get KY Republicans to vote in Nevada seeing how they renominated Ernie Fletcher and all.

Libertarian secular Republican, MO-7
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but then again
maybe it's better to cut our losses and go with sandoval rather than risk jim gibbons getting re-elected. I don't see Rory Reid winning in a Beshear-style blowout, and if the polls are to be believed Gibbons might actually have a fighting chance against him.

21, dude, RI-01 (registered) IL-01 (college)
please help Japan. click "donate funds" in upper right and then "Japan Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami." http://www.redcross.org/
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I didn't want a former Mob Lawyer in the US Senate anyway


"Where free Unions and collective bargaining is forbidden, freedom is lost." - Ronald Reagan
Heck
I would take a actual member of the mob over Reid any day. Hey they can self finance, plus they would be more popular than Reid.  

Proud member of the Indiana Democratic Party from IN-9.  
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I completely agree
Yes, Goodman has been extremely popular as mayor of Las Vegas,and perhaps would be a solid candidate statewide in Nevada, but talk about an unsavory and problematic past, to say the least.  Don't tell me the Reublicans would try to make him a public face of our party.  
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Better that
Than some dude whose wife makes a million bucks a year just sitting on insurance company boards (Evan Bayh).

Or the Senator who needs Aetna to sign off on any health care bill (Joe Lieberman).

Not to mention that Carper is in the pockets of the credit card industry and Ben Nelson as an ex insurance company exec is basically in there for the insurance companies as well.

The mob has very few issues coming up.  I'd worry about the oil companies, insurance, big Pharma, Wal-Mart, and of course Wall Street and military spending.

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